Cash-register.



PATENTBD JULY 23, 1907.

G. LENI, DBGD.

E. G. rLBToHER. EXEOUTOR.

CASH REGISTER.

APPLIUATION FILED Nov. 7, 1904:.-

MII A 1HE NaRRxs PETERS co.. wAsmNcrnN, n. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIeE.

ELLIOTT G. FLETCHER, OF SOUTHENDeCN-SEA, ENGLAND, EXECUTOR OF CHARLES LENI,

' DECEASED.

CASH-RE GISTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 23, 190'?.

Application filed November 7,1904. Serial No. 231,805.

To aZZ 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELLIOTT G. FLETCHER, a subject of His Majesty the King of Great Britain, and a resident of Southend-on-Sea, in the county of Essex, England, and the executor to the last will and testament of CHARLES LENI, in his lifetime of Southend-on-Sea, aforesaid, and that the said CHARLES LENI did invent a new and useful Improvement in Cash-Registers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a cash register of the type wherein the amount of a customer 7s purchase or equivalent transaction is inscribed upon a recording paper, the object of such invention being to provide a very simple and inexpensive form of cash register specially suitable for small sliep-keepers and others, whereby a correct record can be kept of all cash sales and at the same time the customers can see the amount of their individual transactions recorded.

In order that my said invention may be the more readily understood and carried into practical effect, reference is hereby made to the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings, wherein:

Figure l is a vertical section of the cash register mounted upon a till with the till in its closed position. Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof, while, Fig. 3 is a plan view with the till in its open position.

Referring to the drawings,7 wherein like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts wherever occurring, A indicates the case of suitable dimensions and constructed of wood or other suitable material, such case having three vertical sides, while the front side or face a is given an angle of about 45 degrees, and is hinged at a1 to permit of access to the interior.

Upon the top of the case A I provide a clock b to enhance the appearance of, and increase the usefulness of the device7 while in the face a there is provided an opening (or a phnality thereof) c, for the purpose of enabling a recording roll of paper (hereinafter referred to) to be inscribed upon therethrough. A part of this opening cmay be glazed, as at c1.

Within the upper part of the case A I mount a feed roller d in suitable bearings in the sides of such ease, which roller has rolled thereon a web of suitably ruled paper e, one end of which is carried over a fiat support f and wound upon a record roller g mounted in bearings h in the sides of the casing A, near the lower end thereof.

Upon one end of the lower roller g I provide atoothedwheel g1 which toothed-wheel may be keyed to, or formed integral with, such roller, the said wheel being arranged to gear with a pinion i, rigidly mounted upon a spindle il, mounted in the sides of the case A to the rear of the roller g, one end of such spindle projecting through the coincident side of the said easing and being provided with a suitable device, such as the handle t2, to allow of it being rotated by the operator. It will be understood that when motion is imparted to the spindle t, the roller g is rotated through the connection of the gear wheel g and pinion t' and the paper e is caused to pass in front of the inscribing opening c and to be rolled upon the record roller g. To prevent retrograde movement of the aforesaid rollers and consequently the recording paper, I provide a pawl j, which is pivoted at jl to one of the sides of the case A, the nose of such pawl being adapted te engage with side projections g'2 (or they may be teeth) on the toothed-wheel gl when it is attempted to give the roller g a retrograde motion.

It will thus be seen that after the amount of the purchase or similar transaction has been entered upon the paper c, through the inscribing opening c ol' the case A, the rollers aforesaid are caused to be rotated in the foregoing manner, which causes the web on the top roller d to be unrolled to a desired extent and a Corresponding length to be rolled upon or taken up by the lower roller g, while it naturally follows that the inscribed portion of the said paper is caused to pass from view behind the front of the case. The arrangement of the pawl j aforesaid prevents any attempt upon the part of the salesman or other individual using the register to reverse the motion of the rollers and rocording paper for the purpose of making alterations or erasures in the previous entries on the latter.

The hinged face a of the case A is provided with a suitable lock k for preventing unauthorized access to the interior of the cash register.

The apparatus may be arranged to stand upon a counter or the like, or it may be mounted in or upon a suitable drawer er upon a stand provided for the purpose.

In the drawings the apparatus is shown revolubly mounted upon a till designed to stand upon a counter in such a way that when the entry has been made by the assistant upon the record strip the opening of the till causes the casing A to partially revolve, so that the front of the register faces the customer, who can then see that the correct entry has been made. The closing of the till returns the apparatus to its normal position. In order to effect this the casing A is `fixed upon a short spindle Z which is held te revolve in a bearing Zx arranged in the top of the till m. Upon the lower end of the spindle Z a toothed wheel or pinion Z2 is keyed while the till m is provided with a rack m1 arranged to mesh with the toothed wheel or pinion t2.

It will be readily understood that the drawing out of the till in the direction of the arrow B will cause the pinion Z2 to revolve a half-turn in the direction of the arrow Bl carrying the casing A with it, while the closing of the till Will cause a reversal of the movement and the apparatus Will be returned to its normal position. Ball bearings n may if desirable be interposed between the casing A and the till m.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. In a cash register' and till the combination of a case having a hinged face and an inscribing opening therein partially glazed, and a narrow transverse support or desk for the usual recording; web t0 pass over, said support facilitating the inscribing:r on the web by the user; with means for causing the said register to partially revolve to face the customer when the till is drawn out, said means consisting in a revoluble spindle mounted in the cash till, the cash register being xed upon the end of said spindle; a fixed pinion on the lower end of said spindle; a rack carried by the till and arranged to gear with said pinion, and ball bearings interposed between the cash register and the cash till, substantially as specified.

2. The combination with a cash till and a cash register of a short spindle revolubly held in bearings in the upper part of the cash till, the cash register' being fixed upon the upper end of the revoluble spindle, a pinion keyed upon the lower end of the said spindle, a rack carried by the till and arranged to gear with the said pinion, and ball hearings interposed between the cash register and the cash till substantially as specied.

In testimony whereof I have signed my naine to thisl specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ELLlOT'l G. FLE'JFCIIER, Emecufor of the estate of Charles Lrmi, Imaam/(1.

Witnesses B. EVERY, W. W. MAYHORE. 

